TOP STORY TONIGHT. POLICE IN SANFORD SAY THE ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION OF TWO LITTLE GIRLS, SAY THE ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION OF TWO LITTLE GIRLS, TURNED OUT TO BE FALSE. DURING QUESTIONING TODAY... THE GIRLS ADMITTED THEY MADE UP THE WHOLE STORY. ADMITTED THEY MADE UP THE WHOLE STORY. W-M-T-W NEWS 8'S LINDSAY LIEPMAN IS LIVE IN SANFORD, WHERE A COMMUNITY ONCE ON EDGE IS NOW BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF. I TALKED TO ONE GIRL'S FATHER AS THEY WERE LEAVING THE POLICE STATION. HE WAS VISIBLY THEY WERE LEAVING THE POLICE STATION. HE WAS VISIBLY UPSET AND EMBARASSED THAT HIS DAUGHTER FABRICATED THE STORY. BUT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FEEL A LITTLE SAFER TONIGHT. "everybody worries about their children so automatically it becomes a significant event." TUESDAY NIGHT... TWO TEN YEAR OLD GIRLS SAID THEY WERE WALKING ALONG HIGH STREET WHEN A MAN IN A BLACK VAN TRIED TO TAKE THEM. THEY HAD A DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND A VERY COMPELLING STORY. BUT THERE WERE RED FLAGS ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF THOMAS CONNOLLY. "when you have a crime like this that occurs in an area that is as highly trafficked as that area is it is extremely unusual to have nobody who heard or saw anything, even a passing vehicle because in my opinion, I don't care who you are if you were driving by when this was happening you're going to stop. You're gonna yell at the guy, you're going to blow your horn, you're going to do something." DURING TODAY'S QUESTIONING, THE GIRLS' ADMITTED IT NEVER HAPPENED. FALSE REPORTS FROM ADULTS HAPPEN ALL THE FROM ADULTS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT THE CHIEF SAYS A SCENERIO LIKE THIS, IS UNCOMMON AND MAY BE ATTENTION SEEKING BEHAVIOR. BE ATTENTION SEEKING BEHAVIOR. "it's unusual to have a juvenile come up with this type of a story that is this detailed and that ends up being fabricated." "the troublesome thing about these events is that it causes a lot of angst in the community." "i think everybody is concerned especially when anything like that happens." "i am grateful that its not true. Because I would feel bad for any parent having to go through that scare." EVEN SO...SHANNON KENDALL DOESN'T LET HER 11 AND 7 YEAR OLD OUT OF HER SIGHT. BECAUSE SHE SAYS PEOPLE ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY. "I would hate to see anyone try and take them, because they would have to deal with me." DUE TO THE CHILDREN'S AGES, THE CHIEF SAYS IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT THEY WILL BE CHARGED FOR MAKING A FALSE REPORT...BUT A JUVENILE CORRECTIONS OFFICER WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP WITH THE GIRLS. LIVE IN SANFORD, LL WMTW NEWS 8. SHOT VO

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